On 19/04/07, Mike Burrows <testermike@???> wrote:
> OK. so what am I doing wrong?
>
> Cheers, Mike.
>
> marvin:/home/testermike# xawtv -hwscan
> This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.8-3-386)
> looking for available devices
> port 56-56
> type : Xvideo, image scaler
> name : SIS 300/315/330 series Video Overlay
>
> ioctl:
> VIDIOC_QUERYCAP(driver="";card="";bus_info="";version=0.0.0;capabilities=0x0 []): Unknown error 515
> /dev/video0: OK [ -device /dev/video0 ]
> type : v4l
> name : Logitech QuickCam USB
> flags: capture
>
> /dev/video1: OK [ -device /dev/video1 ]
> type : v4l2
> name : BT878 video (Hauppauge (bt878))
> flags: overlay capture tuner
>
> marvin:/home/testermike# xawtv -device video1
> This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.8-3-386)
> error: video1 is not a /dev file
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> v4l2: open video1: No such file or directory
> v4l2: open video1: No such file or directory
> v4l: open video1: No such file or directory
> no video grabber device available
> marvin:/home/testermike# xawtv -device video0
> This is xawtv-3.94, running on Linux/i686 (2.6.8-3-386)
> error: video0 is not a /dev file
> v4l-conf had some trouble, trying to continue anyway
> v4l2: open video0: No such file or directory
> v4l2: open video0: No such file or directory
> v4l: open video0: No such file or directory
> no video grabber device available
> marvin:/home/testermike#
You are not opening /dev/video1 or /dev/video0. Specify the full path.
If the working directory is /home/testermike and you specify the file
video0, which file do think any program will attempt to open?
a) /dev/video0
b) /home/testermike/video0
c) /dev/urandom
G
